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39 Cards in this Set
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Androcentrism |
Male centered |
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Heterocentrism |
Straight as the Norm |
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Ethnocentrism |
White as the norm |
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Gender Binary |
2 gender approach |
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Intersectionality |
The idea that social identities are relational and t and meaning from one another. |
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Ambivalent Sexism |
contradictory- includes both benevolent and hostile sexism. |
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Benevolent sexism |
Chivalrous attitude towards women thus enforcing the idea they are the weaker sex. Rewards women who fit traditional gender roles. |
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Hostile Sexism |
Antagonistic attitude toward women who are often viewed as trying to control men through feminism. punishes women who challenge patriarchy. |
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Sex |
Biological differences in genetic composistion and reproductive function |
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Gender |
A socially constructed classification system that influences access to power and resources and shapes relations among men and women. |
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Power |
The ability to control the outcomes of others by providing or withholding resources. |
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legitimizing myths |
attitudes, values, and beliefs that justify hierarchical social structures. |
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Predjudice |
negative attitude or feelings towards individuals because of his or membership to a particular group. |
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Double Binds |
happens as a result of being part of the subordinate group. Damned if you do, Damned if you don't. |
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Meta analysis |
Combines research from many different people overtime to have a better understanding of the differences between men and women. |
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Difference |
The average of a trait between men and women. Ex. Men on average are stronger than women. |
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Status |
A social standing that elicits respect. |
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Feminist Values in Research |
Research on women should be based on empirical data from a variety of different tests. |
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Feminist Values in Research |
Use a variety of methods and compare the results to have a better picture of women's lives |
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Feminist values in research |
social context and forces shape human behavior |
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Modern Gender Bias |
Occurs unconciously, is ambiguous, unclear and undefined |
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Sexism |
Prejudice based on gender |
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Pornography |
Sexually explicit material that also involves the use of violence, degradation or abuse. |
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Erotica |
Material that is used to increase sexual arousal without the use of violence, degradation or abuse. |
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Deligitimization |
One of the consequences of Objectification that results in people being perceived as less competent. |
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Self objectification |
Internalizing feelings of sexual objectification. Also a result of sexual objectification |
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Dehuminization |
A result of objectification. Treating others in a hostile manner. |
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Facesim |
Men's faces are shown more often than Women's faces in advertisements. |
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D=0 |
NO gender differences |
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D=.80 |
High gender difference, Men scored higher. |
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d=.50 |
Moderate Gender Difference. Men scored moderately higher. |
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D=.20 |
Small gender difference, Men scored slightly higher. |
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Bias in Psychological Testing |
selecting participants and comparison groups |
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Bias in Formulating a hyppothesis |
Operational definitions:Depression is defined in a way that is more descriptive of women |
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Demand characterstics |
People are aware of what a study is about and start to behave in a way that is consistent with the study. |
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Bias in performing the study |
Demand characteristics |
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Bias in Interpreting the data (explaining) |
Ignoring alternate explanations and making generalizations |
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Biases in Communicating Findings |
Leaving out analyses that show similarities between groups or emphasizing the differences between groups. |
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Doing Gender theory |
Gender is not something that you have, it is something that you do. i.e., Men do power and women do subordination. |
